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CEPI-lALONTA, SEPT. 4, 1826. You - will have some. idea o the - importance, iii for , me; time;, Of the site on which 1 am now addressing myself to you. Every school-boy has read Pope's Miner, and of Penelope's chastity. 'Here, then, 1 am s'Ating on the very ground on which her suitors re sii.'ted. Yonder, only divided by a very narrow chan 7 'Pet, I see the site of the Castle,or residence of the far famed Ulysses. The geographical part of Homer's deseription cannot be a fiction; but it is a question with me whether her chastity deserves the encomiums bestowed en it : however, it is a good AINovA, and may prevent many a Harriet Wilson emu appearing in the world. Here there is a litre field for the antiquarian. The finest specimen of ancient architecture probably in existence Pot 'even Athens excepted, notwithstanding its fame ..or scuiptile fragments) is to he seen here. i The mound on which the battering-ram was erected is still visible ; and the stone balls are to be seen that were made use of in rendering inutile the formidable Cy clopian walls against the 'Roman power. Near the sea you see the remains of Roman luxury, such as hot and cold baths, &e. ; but higher up the hill you will see the ravages, and I may say the sacrilegious con duct of modern nations, not even England except ed, by the disturbed tombs where human bones, that lay for several thousands of years unmolested, lie scattered about in all directions, forsooth, to gratify the curiosity of the idle fools that pretend to trace and confirm ancient history by the coin's and medals found in the mansions of the dead, who once bore a part on the stage.6f- life, as we now do. If such things were " permitted north of the Clyde, it would breed, a rv b e i. lion against Church and State. We were all put into a panic a fottitight ago by the arrival of two vessels at Ithaca frotrt the Levant, with the plague on board ; but, owing to the prompt inea. ' sures adopted by Ceptaiu Knot, the Commantlant of that Island, it has not been allowed to communicate' with the shore. (ins. :Of the vessels was burnt and sunk; after the men Were landed out of her on a small Island, on ttie ceast of Ithaca, immediately under the fountain •Jf Arethusa. Huts made of deal were erected for each pMient, separate. One, or two died since !Rang, and but and all were consumed into ashes. One bad case is in a fair way of recovery; and all the patients now alive are expected to recover. In look ing out among the brush-wood, with which the island is covered, for proper places to erect the huts upon, in one place were discovered the bodies of a woman, a little girl, and two men. Since then the skeleton of a man has been found, which leads to the conclusion that piracy to a consi derable extent has been carried on during the siege of Missolonghi in our immediate neighbourh oo d, in defiance of his Majesty's and lonian cruisers ; even the vessels th a t c a me t o Ith aca w ith t h e plague on hoard are accused, if not exactly of piracy, oftrover, which almost amounts to the same thing. What is more.extraordinary, they belong to Cephalotlia, and sailing under the lonian flag ; but I have no doubt, if the thing can be proved against them, the Govern ment will visit them with the Utmost severity of the law, Ibrahim Pacha is at Tripolitza, and doing neither good nor harm ; he ceased all active operations since his defeat by the Mainotes. If Lord Cochrane would make hut his long-looked tbr appearance, I think 'flreeee would be free ; but if a Liberator does not :spring up. before the Sultan has organized his troops alter the European system, the Oreeks mum, return to their former bondage ; and it is a question with mu whether they, are capable of enjoying or deserving of a better Government. The Turkish garrison of Misso hmghi are said to be, ht a state of mutiny, and badly served with protitslons. I spoke to a man from thence two days ago, who confirms the report. I saw a letter from a friend of mine, at present re siding in Constantinople, which states that the bar tacks formerly occupied by the Janissaries, and in which 'they made the last stand against the Sultan,, are level. led to the ground; and that he appears daily on the drill-ground of his new levies, in uniforms after the 'European fashion. The turban is entirely abandoned by the present Turkish soldiers, which augurs a sad obstacle to Grecian liberty. Yon may depend on the truth of all I have said.— The plague in Ithaca I 'A ent to see since I commen 'ced this letter, and I believe what I have stated by way of report to be pretty correct---I shall probably furnish you; in the rough, with some more matter. A new traedy, from the pen of Miss Mitford , the (laughter of the learned Doctor Mitford, is about to be produced at Covent-garden. The subject i$ taken from the story of the loscori. Lord Byron wrote a tragedy on the same subject, but did not intend it for :the stage. The fair author of the forthcoming tra- PAY, which is highly spoken of, is well known in the 'literary world. A new bac°, called Returned Killed, is also in preparation, and will be produced in the course of next week. A new coinage of gold, siker, and copper, has just been completed at the Mint. tour or five of the principal bunkers had each one set as a specimen, and no more. A set consists of one 5/. piece, one 21. piece, a.l/. piece, and a 10 s. piece (gold); a 58. piece, a half-crown piece, a Is., and a 6d. (silver? ; a, penny, a halfpenny, and a farthing, in copper. The 5/. piece beau , on owl side. the iu'ius. of Great Britain engraved cm drapery, with the motto Decus et Tutamen, and the date of the year ; on the other side the head of his, Mapisty, similar to the one on the new sovereign. ` Th.3 p i ece supposed to be taken from the forty Liri Pie('" _ rantla• pi .c °e is the same as the abi ' vc • 11 - piece is also . ‘ the same, but not en 'graved on drapery. Th e tis. piece, ie half-crown p lace , the 8.! and the fed., bear Britain,the arms of Great the same as those already issued. The penny, halfpenn), and liirthing, dated 1826. We uuderstand a deputation of gentlemen engaged in the print trade set out last night fur London, for the purpose of making representations to Ministers, with the view (if inducing tl i t i el inte nt d o n o o g en trs l , 4 :lien i to the repeal of the excise duty on r was stated, that of the sum of 2,095,219/. 15, 4 . ' to which the gross amoun t of the duty reached in year ended the 4th of January last, 1,665,582/. ; 3 4 . was returned in drawbacks and bounties ; and th at of the net produce which reached the Excheque r , 360 243/. 58. 4d., by far the larger part is drawn from the labouring classes. Nothing more need to be said to show the very objectionable nature of the tax, and " we trust our townsmen will completely succ eed ,, in their efforts to procure its reinoval. — I Manchestcr aper. Ditowsimi.—Yesterday afternoon the body of a young woman was found floating in the River Thames, above W e stroiriater-bridge. The deceased was very genteelly attired in a plaid dress, shawl, and black silk bonnet ; she also hail the ap pearance of being in a pregnant state. A waterinan named Staples, who discovered the hotly, instantly conveyed it 01 1 shori to the Roebuck public-house, MA NCHESTER-TUISDAY EVENIKG. (PRONI OUR OWN CORRIMPONDRNT.) We have had to-day an exceedingly dull market, for almost every article ikl bur trade ; we cannot, how ever learn that wily material alteration in prices for the worse has taken place ; but should the dullness con tinue, there is little doubt but prices must give way, and if this be the ease, the advancement recently made in the omlition of our trade will be entirely lost. The attention of the buyers has bieil chiefly directed to yarns, and in this article the business doing may be considered fair; but in every description of goods, we believe very little has been done. 'The cotton market, like our market for piece goods, his received a similar check. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF BLUES, A half-yearly meeting br t'he Benevolent Society of Blues, was held yetlerday evening, at the City of London TaverN for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee, and transacting other business connetttd with its interests. As the nature of this society is but little known, (it being as yet in its infancy it may not be amiss. to remark that it consists of persons who have received ' their education upon the foundation of Christ's Hospital ; and its object it to establish a fund for the relief Of such Blues at m ay become reduced in life, and to grant assist ance tto their distressed The President of the Society, Tilos. NprsoN, - ,Es q . took the Chair en 'this occasion. The Secretary read the olinntes of theii last meeting, and the report, from which itapp* , ...red that they have already funded soot. collected by subscriptions, and.that metteutes have been taken to give publicity to the objects of the society in India, where n considerable bllinher of Blues have fixed their residence, whose 0-operation should be solicited, &c. the Report having been received. a committee was ap pointed for the next years HENRY WoOtittimiklE, t sq. was requested to continue in the office of Treasurer which he agreed to, not without reluctance, deeming himself incompetent to discharge the duties of it efficiently: Mr. Auccick, one of the Vice-Presidents, ih risiiig to move a vote of thanks to the President, indulged in a culoglittn on his excellent qualities, observing that he was a True Blue from top to toe, and that as the success of the Society in a great measure depended on the character of the President, they had nothing to fear, as the seal, efficiency, and respectability of Mr. Nixson.must insure it prosperity. A resolution thanking the President for his zeal in promoting the object of the Society, and for his politeness htid urbanity on all occasions, was carried by acclarnations. The PRESIDENT briefly returned thanks. The thanks of the meeting were also given to Charles Few, Est - p, for his powerful advocacy of their interests at their late anniversary festiiral. Thanks having been voted to Mr. WoormforePs, for his iedefatigable zeal and exertions on behalf of the So ciety, that gentleman, in returning the compliment, ob served, that the kind manner in which the meeting were pleased to express themselves towards him, evinced not flattery but partiality; his only exertions in promoting their interest were those of feeling—as he was not in a situa. tion to be of much effeetuniassiiitance to them—but he would yield to no man in zcal for their interests. He was happy to see such enthusiasm prevail among them, it augured well for their success; like all other societies, it imist creep in the beginning, but as sure us it belonged to the, Blues it must prosper.---(Loud applause.)--The foundation of Christ's I hospital was of 300 years standing, • yet it too bad to creep in the beginning ; but as it has attam ed an, eminent Alegree of celebrity, so !will y, this society ; and he hOped to see the day when hundreds shall paitsitt, of itsbenefits.—(Loud applause.)—He had heard of some per sons declining to patronise it until it reached a certain de gree Ofmaturity ; that Was a mistaken policy; it is only by contributions that it can rise ; and if all persons abstained from contributing until it arrived at eminence, it could never rise. He exhorted them to persevere, and their labours must be crowned with success. In conclusion he observed, that since their late festival be had received 14411. private subscriptions.—This was received with loud applause. • • l'be other business of the Society, was then disposed of, and the meeting separated. • DAY AT ONE O'CI,OCK. South Sea. Stock Old Aonuitiei Now Ditto Ex: Bilk, £l,OOO 2d. 25 26 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 25 26 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Com►nercial — Bank for Opening India tlir Account — Cone. for Account Blii3i 2 NDS 'AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New 95U Russian, New.s p. c. Spiinish, 1821 IN I /V,!'a 1823 — French Rented, 5 p. c. —t —c. -- Exchange —l, —c. —3 per cent. —t —C. ----Exchange PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE 0 - CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Anglo Mexican Mining Comp Ilolanor Mining Company 175 Brazilian Mining Company 2O Castello and EspiritoSanto 'Brazil Ditto 5 Columbian Mining Company it, Mexican Mining Company in United Mexican Mining Company 25 16.4 PRICE OF IRlfill Bank Stock - 2274 i Gov. Stock, 3% per cent.87:61 . 141 Ditto, New 4 per Cent.' Cloy. Deb. iN per cent H9I4 Consols, 3 percent. - 8O Royal Canal Stock --- Grand Canal Stock ........ Ciry Deb. 4 per cebt; -- --, Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent -- ITOCKS, OCT. 23. St. Patrick I mut% (parfahare) Royal Irish i)itto 2 !ti National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto —, Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto . — Royal 4144 Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland — Commercial Building,: — MAILS. Arrived. ' Due. Arrived. Due, 0 America V I Guernsey & Jersey. u I ' Brazil 0 I Ilamburgli I Buenos Ayres 0 Donaghadee 0 0 Jamaica 0 I Dublin 0 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon ll 1 France o 0 uttenburgh 0 1 Waterford u ..........- - 111611 WATER. AT I,OND , Morning 3l minutes after 10. DN 1111.IDOE TO-MORIWW. I Evening 4 minutes atter 11. Zbt fhmily. giving : LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1826. The Paris Papers of Monday and the Etoile ( Tuesd a y morn i ng reac h e d u s last night. Their con tents are less interesting than usual. No further ac~ counts from Turkey are given, and the news from Lisbon dot not come down to so late a date as that which we I by the last packet. )ave receive( pa • Reports am said to h ave b een current in Ma d r id an d C a di z , at the date of the last communications from those Citie s, that Biitish troop s were a r to be sent immediately from Gibraltar to Lisbon. 4 0 r— k:OCIIRANE had landed a t Marseilles and proceeded to Geneva tO join his fated We subjoin the 'only paragraphs worth (From the Etoile of Tuesday.) NAUPLIAS, AUG. 30: 7 —The follea ing letter is too honourable td the patriotism (ft - General Karaiskaki, to be for a Omitted suppressed : • EMUS'S, AUG. W.—lllustrious Brother—l have re ceived your letter. I perceive what interest you take in the misfortune which has. just overwhelmed me. I doubt not that you have participated in tlie grief caused . by the loss of my wife ktitiw, lithtieVer, t iat, occupied as I am solely with the safety 'of my country, I support with resig 7 nation all possible misfortunes; henceforth you, my friends, shall he 1n . 7 me family tot my realigns . , I thank Q$ that ton are still preserved to So unhappy ,tances, tired; attire all; the ritnitt of Meaiii which I J(possess of keep;ng up or augthentnig camp; leave ioutaki still to waste the territory of Attica: I tibia however, employ all the resources in thy poiver to ful6l the rotnises which I made before I left NEtifiiiiitfi: I should have a VW p!e4tife in gra ifying you in this respect, for I know your anxiety and the sacrifices you have made for the military operations in Eastern Greece. Some friends an nounce of me that I have lost all my fortune, and call upon me to go to Calamos to take care of mq childtetij whb re main i r ithatit tifia Me an s Of eilstefieit, I will do no such thing: I will remain here and shed the last drop of my blood for my country,' and for you. Do you also bear up; let no niisfbrtuftes intimidate you;-=-M to me, my mottd henceforth shall My Country, niy Your Brother, KARAISKAKI." PARIS, OCT. 23.—The,English Journals state that Mr. :Canning is expected at Dover to-morrow. The Hon. Secretary for Foreign Mika is .not to leave this capital until to , tnorro* Thd Journal de to Mediterra4e states, that Lord Coch rane arrived at Marseilles on the 13th in a schooner, from Malta, and that he set oil again on Monday for Geneva, where he intends to join his family. The .Gazette of ,Lyons mentions that Lord Cochrane spent the 19th at that city, in his road from Marseilles to Paris. (From the Journal do of Monday.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, OCT. 12.—Not only has M. de Souza ob tained restitution of the arms and Accoutrements of the Portuguese deserters, but he has prevailed, moreover, upon our Government to give satisfaction for a kind of triumph exhibited by the Portuguese deserters at the depot of Villa Nueva, in honour of the anniversary of the Infant Don Miguel, by carrying round his portrait in triumph, with cries of " Long live Miguel, King of Portugal!" General Silveira, quitted the capital on the 10th, in the direction of Valencia, that is to say, by the road that leads to France. The order, by virtue of which the General quitted Madrid, enjoins him to leave the kingdom as soon as possible. It even appears that Police agents were sent after him, to watch him, and compel him to continue his journey, should he attempt to stop any where without rea sonable cause. _ _ _ Mr. Lamb sets out to-morrow for the Escurial, along with M. de Souza, who still continues to negociate, although not invested with any political powers. As to Mr. Lamb, it is asserted that he goes to the Escurial to press for an answer to the last Notes which he gave in to Mr. Salmon, to which the latter is in no haste to reply. This report does not,appear devoid of all foundation, for the English Embassy has .four couriers in waiting, to set out with despatches. Moscow, SEPT. 27.—The supper given on the 224, by the Duke of Devonshire, at which the Imperial Family were present, surpassed every thing of the kind previously given. There were sixteen tables, at each of which there were five different courses for four hundred people. They were decorated with flowers and figures formed of sugar, which were changed at every course, for others equally elegant and curious. The gold drid silver plate ornament ed with the arms of Englund, Qll which the supper was served, nod whose elegant workmanship was conformable to its intrinsic value, is estimated at, morn than a million of silver rubles. Nuts, OCT. 22.—..-On leaving the Assize Court yester day, Mr. Canning proceeded' to the Hall of the Pas . - Perdu'. He stopped before the monument erected to the virtuous Malesherbes. M. Bosio, sculptor to the King, by whom the two statues, placed on each side of the por trait at the foot of Malesherbes, was prisented to Mr. Canning, who requested the statues. to be uncovered, and addressed some very complimentary speeches to M. Bosio. TIINDS, OCT. 23. Five per Cents. closed at lbe. These per Cents 6Bf. 70c. Bank Stock Neapolitan Spanish Tile follotling letters from Lk lion contain some additional intelligence respecting the, late revolt in Portugal :-- EXTRACTS FROM PRIVATE LETTERS. LISBON, OCT. 13.—The General of the Algarves MM.' munieates from Villa Real, that on the Nth instant, at five o'clock in the morning, there appeared befolt him a depu tation of three officers of the 14th regiment, intimating . that the battalion of Cacadores, No. 4, had arrived at the town of Tavira, where a regiment was already formed to proclaim the Infant Don M)guel King of Portugal ; that the General was invited to take the command of the, troops, and he refused ; that the said battalion, at last, ar rived, and its commandant again invited the General to do the same thing, and that the General then formed the re solution of retiring on that city. It is to be observed that the plan is to remain in that kingdom (the Algarves), and to form a regency. It ap pears that none but the troops have taken any share in the movements. On the Bth the smile General states, that the junta of the intrusive Government at Tavira had ordered the , Go vernor of Villa Real to take the oath to the new King, which wa s d one; th a t at Tavira the greatest tranquillity' reigned, w ith out an y e nthusiasm At the change of the poli tical syste m ; that the regiment Of artillery, No. 2, did not wish to join the factions, on which account all the infautry were preparing to march for Faro; to force it to „join them. The Marquis of Abrantes . hail arrived at Sagres, and had disembarked. On the 10th the General communicates that be had arrived at Mertole, which he bad occupied as his head quarters. • The General who commands in Tras-os-Montes, wrote from Chaves on the 66 instant, that on the sth, at six o'clock in the evening, he had received notice that the Marquis of Chaves had marched from Villa Real, at half past six in the morning, with the greatest precipitation, and that in that city the alarm had been sounded. In consequence, be took the precaution to order officers in his confidence to observe the destination of the Marquis, and sent a strong 'detachment of the, 15th Infantry towards Villa Ponca. On the.6th, at seven o'clock in the morn ing, he received a despatch from Major Menezes, comi. mending the deta c h ment o f Cavadores 9th, in Villa. Real, in which it was s t ate d t h at t h e said Marquis, endeavouring to seduce by 'pr om i ses t h e pr i nc ipal, guard command e d b y the Serjeant Domin go Bernardo, to proclaim the Infant Don Miguel Kin g of Portugal r was repulsed, and charged at:the point of the bayonet. On this he retired, leaving the town in quietnesa. On the .10th,. in the morning, I learnt that the traitor had effected his escape into Spain, accompanied only by an Ensign.of cavalry (the 9th), and two peasants of mean condition, entering Spain by Galicia. The General issued proclamations with this news to the t o wns of the pr ov i nce, and apprised all the authorities of the fact. COPY OP A LETTER FROM AN ENGLISH MERCHANT, COM- IitINICATED FROM LISBON. Sir,---I have received a letter from Mr. James Acworth, a British merchant, established at Bragariza, ill which he complains, that on th e gOth of September, a partY Of Spanish troops entered the Portuguese town of Quadramil, p i _A and forcibly took possession o f y our n av es 67 merchandise of his, that he had sent there under the cafe of two Spaniards, named Francisco dos Santos and Francis& Romeo, conveying the two men at the same time into the prlson tif Puebla de Senabria. In the hope of tittle. goods being restored to him, he requests me to deliver to yoU a cBp W . hint application to the Portaguese authorities, in which (leaving td others the political question that the violation of the Portuguese teV ., ritory involves), he entreats them to take those measures, which the honour of the Portuguese nation, and the trea ties existing (licit Britain and Portugal, as well as those between Portugal and Stifildi Must dictate, to obtain the restitution of his property, and the ttitase of the two Spaniards from prison: . I beg leave to enclose the aforesaid documents, to iihiCh sill /did tifinexed a copy of a certificate , gr anted b y the Jadge, of the Custoin-ho'iti df Braganza, that the same )Francisco dos Santos and Pranciscd Ttritnao had, by order Of Mr: AsWarthi paid the duties, and despatched or cleared th sarde gacids for Quadramil; and that Quadramil is in the province of Tras-os.Mcintes, in the kingdom of Portugal. Let me add Mr. Asworth's entreaty, that you will takrsuch steps with the Portuguese Government as you may deem most expedient to obtain his property, and to afford him security for the future. The Marchioness of Salisbury Packet has ar rived at Falmouth, bringing mails from the Mediterra nean. She left Cali on the 16th, and Malta on the 25th September ; Gibraltar 9n the 14th, and Cadiz on the 16th instant. _ . The Norton and Dove Packets have also artlieil at Paltnoutii, bringing South American mails. The former left Rio de Janeiro the 20th of August, Bata, the 6th of September, and Pernambuco the 14th. The latter left Buenos Ayres the 6th of August, Monte Video the 10th, and Rio de Janeiro the 30th. BUENOS AYRES, JULY 17. The Junta of the Oriental province, considering the importance of the presence of General Lavalleja, with the army which will shortly have to open a campaign that must be decisive, has decreed, " That the Gove rnor D. Juan Antonio L avalleja, ' shall delegate the government of the province to D. Joaquim Suarez, who shall be invested with the same powers, and liable to the responsibility as the Governor, so long as General Lavalleja shall be in the National service during the present war. " JULY 20.—The General in Chief of the army of opera tion marched from Jose del Uruguay on the 4th of this month, and arrived at the Durazno on the 13th, where he has fixed his head-quarters. JULY 22.:--It being necessary to the public service, to increase the army, two new regiments of cavalry of the line (the Bth and 9th) are to be formed, and a 3d battalion of Cacxdores. JULY 25. On the 22d, a convoy sailed for the Banda Oriental, with troops, accoutrements, &c., for the regiment of artillery, five officers, with recruits, and clothing for the army ; and on the 23d another convoy. It is probable that they have by this time reached the east side. General Don Fructuosa Rivera left the Vacas, yesterday morning, with a passport for the General-in-Chief, and landed at Las Conches. At five o'clock he had not reached this capital :we do not know the object of his Y comi27ng. JUL. On the 24th in the evening, some English amateurs performed, in their own language, the comedy of " The Mountaineers," for the benefit of the wounded belonging to the squadron, and the widows of those who had fallen. There were a great many English ladies and gentlemen present, end the theatre was crowded, as we - have very seldom seen it. General Brown was welcomed by the audience with acclamations which he very well merited, though we era certain they put his modesty to the proof. Jut.v 29. We now learn that D. Fructuosa Rivera has no other reason for coming to this capital than his wish to pay his respects to the President of the Republic. AUGUST 1. On the 29th, in the morning, 18 enemy's ships appear ed in sight of this port, viz. :-2 frigates, 5 corvettes, 4 brigantines, 6 schooners, and a diate. At seven o'clock in the morning, the larger vessels of the national squadron got under weigh, and at ten opened their fire on the enemy. The action lasted an hour, and a half. At day break, on the 30th, the two squadrons were separated, and the enemy offered battle in a place where he could more safely manoeuvre all his vessels. General Brown did not wait long, and at half-past six a battle commenced, which was maintained on both sides with equal vigour. An im mense crowd covered the banks of the river, and witnessed the valiant deeds of the soldiers of the Republic On this memorable day. The action was very sanguinary, and the loss of the enemy undoubtedly much greater than aura. General Brown in his despatch says, we have sought, overtaken, fought, but not yielded to the enemy's ships.— Permit me to inform your Excellency that those of the nation are free. I regret to say that we have many killed and wounded. Among the' latter is my brave Captain Espora. The Twenty-fifth of May is completely disabled. I will send you, as soon as possible, a list of the killed and wounded. I remain, &c. WILLIAM BROWN. The Commandant-General of the Marine, in an official despatch, says—" The enemy's squadron, to the number of 23 vessels, has steered to the E. S. E., having in tow a frigate, a corvette, and a brigantine, which have lost part of their masts." AUGUST 3. d a th li e st T o w f a is et N io u n nber contain s : I —oboar en th i e kju k tif ill i e h d and wounded May y on t n h d e e r d e i n action were 14 killed and 23 wounded, and on board the other vessels, 4. killed and 7 wounded. It is hoped that the wounds of the brave Captain Espora, though severe, will not prove mortal.) The English ,packet arrived here on the evening of the Ist,- with news from Paris :of the 16th, and from London of the 27th May. The Captain of the packet went on board the Metroya, and was informed by General Norton, that on board that ship there six killed and 20 wounded; among the latter was Mr. Grenfell, the second General, loss who was mortally wounded, but he would not tell th e of the other ships. Norton himself declared, that General Brown had fought with extraordinary valour. AUGUST 5. It seems by letters from Chili that the squadron which was to come to those seas has been delayed longer than we thought, because the C om missioner had received orders from our Government to add to it the Lautara, the Mon tezuma, and another vessel. setting aside the reasons for this measure, it may cause irreparable injury. What we now want Is to reinforce our squadron as much as we can, since, with the superiority in valour which it has strewn, it is clear that a little more strength would enable it to obtain a decisive triumph.: if the reinforcement is delayed three or four months it may come too late. RIO DE JANEIRO. The Diario now to the 19th of August inclu sive is c hiefly filled with the debates of the Chamber of Deputies. There is no mention of the naval action of the 30th of july, or of any military events. The :Morning Chronicle of this day contains a long and mischievous article upon the. abject of the Civil dead Weight, as it is pleased to call the Super annuations and Retiring Allowances of persons who have spent their lives in the service of the Government, . • the object of which i s to prove that Civil Servants are PRICItIf OF STOCKS THII Bank Stock 202 14 8 per Cent. Reil...„ ..... 111 SO h 1 ;y 3 per Cent. Cons. B l%as 3 1 4, per Cent Ditto Red frYii!‘ 4 per Cent. New 11 4 ,2 704 Ditto, 1826 Bank Long Ana India Stock 2464 Dittoßlonds 4l 42 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F 1 Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Milian Bonds, 0 per et Colombian Honda Ditto, 1824, 39N Danish, 3 per cent.: Greek Bonds Ditto, 1820 13TS Guatinula Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 (3 3%% 3 p , ernuttea, under the Acts regulating Superannuations, ta retire on pensions though not worn out ; and to sheer, fly the charge of the War Office Penstons ' 1 • laving greatly increased since 1810, and being likely to be augmented by the pension of 2,0001. per annum to be granted to Mr. MERRY, the Dept* Secretary at War, on ills retirement, that abuses of this description have existed in that department to all immense extent. It is not necessary to follow this article through all its long statements and assertions ; for it is sufficient by proving that its argument proceeds on an assump tion not supported by fact, to upset it altogether. By the regulations to which this article refers, 110 person can be superannuated whose state of health is not certified by two medical practitioners and the heads of his department, to be such as to render him incapable of performing the duties of his station : 5101 in no other. case can a retiring pension -be granted, except when offices are reduced, the holders of which are entitled to a graduated scale of retiring allowance proportionate to their services. The whole, therefore, of the assertions, that persons are superannuated at the pleasure of the heads of departments, are unfounded and all the arguments built on that gratuitous assump tion necessarily fall to the ground. It is true that the amount mostooie of the offices, retiring c pensions ia c a nsions of the W a r Office, and war ! ::!it why ? Not be c au g s has been mace for worn-outuce servants, (the Act r. of 1810, which was ins. , odd by Mr. Bloom , be in g to limit the rates ofrec a a tl i)l o h r t e c r l e i a b se e : a l l s p it r t: v e is t i l o le :l been improperly allowedto'r nor ,; but because , in ad dition to those reductions which the 11.1eada of- del' 2l4- m e nts considered could be made of penslOn.?'tircbecause persons have V nseq of the diminished extent of business on tl:e t.tr u l eB i: 11 :" tion of the war, the Government have been drivell by the very party who - now find fault with the total amount of retired allowances, to make such additional reductions in every department of the state, as to esve in the respective offices scarcely a sufficient number of clerks for the efficient execution of the business. Alia can it be argued for a moment that persons so reduced are,' after having spent the best years of their life in the civil service of their country; to be thrown ilpon tht wide world without the smallest provision, to a s:sist 111 the support of themselves and families ? I las not the Morning. Chronicle, and the whole host of its re forming writers, frequently calumniated the Government for , having cruelly discharged cler ks and other stibor; dirmtes, for whose services occasion no longer et isted . And have they not censured the parsimonious proiii w ho co° sion made for these unfo r tunate persons , not find employment in the already crowded stati°ns c a c s as i i t onetibyt.he do es ' o pwe f in li s l i e : ? nisi a si ß ut u bo t eue l i i ili c: s w o, when the sum total of the se Vell to a `cry. undoubtedly trt, bat considerable annual charge upon the cou n '''' establishments during the war, and thnell3rgetii'liticuedde them now, not by any lavish bestowal of the allowsuees'e they turn round upon the Government, them of a profligate conduct in this branch of expo"_, diture, attributing too, to the system itself, the tow a by the evils which, in their opinions, are occasion( -li te ll tiles' operation of the Poor Laws. Now, we wt State s ° writers boldly, that there is no system in the a sill' just in principle, and so faithfully acted upon, , tt4 °I pensioning of the worn-out or reduced civil s erve° . 00 the Crown ; and that if the system under vehich tll . it toe, pensions are granted, resembles the Poor do is only in one respect, viz.—that as the land-owiie° i Os 0 e then TO not pay the labourers a fair portion or r do the soil arising from their labour,they ii c t a f t e ° ( l ) r f provide for them in old age, and for their children .: 1 ., (;over" when left unprovided for in infancy ; 8 0 tH e rvo ts mew, because they do not make to their civil se ena ble a remuneration for their services, sufficient to 8 nnitY' 111 them to provide for the days of their infi are to t° bound in reason, and justice, to provide as-- 1 ti er abl e of maintenance for them, when they are n O ' (). ' y to execute their duty, or when the coill' lr Y 459 11 0 1 ysteill longer employment for them. Wii" th. ii' „ o visiO n fees existed, official men were able to toa ke 1 "" . try, for their families without burthening tiler 0 when those perquisites were abolished, °' 'a case rigid to the - public account, as now done th e o d illy b°t) was totally altered, and the country was eV o val t 1 to provide for its civil, as f o r its military 0 servants. .c. °f its The Chronicle is most unhappy in the chor Mr, subject in attacking the grant of a PenO°ll to MERRY, as that Gentleman, we believe, has 6 1 We ise upwards of fifty years, and his well known ses ' . 0 t i ll and application to the duties of his o ffice, gio I "' , 'cle, I ° l strongest claim on public favor. The Chrunt 0 05 ever, cares not for tile incorrectness of its arg il I , dots' so that it can lead, or rather mislead, its; tea , t 1 11( believe that the Government are corrupt in all 1 1 their Administration. the coon b , I , lt , areinodbiajgccet ' The death of viewed with regret by iii Paris, do this TALMA has caused a deep b'el ai "d the loss of such a man will be "' w ; admirers t O.' genius. But there were some circli" stances of a peculiar nature attendant. on the dea th ' the lovers of learning en d t '' le Roecius of the French Drama, which must ''''' ti i his memory to those act ors left behind him with h an a thema ,of the church h an g ing 0; 411 over their eeds , ar rendered still more alarming from the spirit 041i' TALMA res isted the Jesuitical intrusions of tile Arc' bishop of PA Rig, who r etired from the dying n ow , ' l ' l ing all the veng eance of disappointed malice.